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It is important to respond to Nicholas Waddy’s opinion, “Alarm Bells for the Establishment Elite,” published in the Nov. 28 edition of The Bradford Era.
straightforward. indeed. for viewers who may not be so familiar with the situation in thailand, can you explain why the military is so powerful there? well, the military has been powerful ever since 1932 when a coup led to a constitutional monarchy. military and the bureaucracy, the monarchy together have always wielded a lot of power and the military staged more than 30 coups, including most recently in 2014. the two opposition parties that did really well, the move forward party and the peu thai party are both seen as threats not only to the military but to the broader establishment elite.
becomes straightforward. there will be many days of uncertainty ahead in thailand as its people wait to see whether they get the government that so many voted for or whether they end up with something else. jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. scot marciel is a former senior official in the us department of state, with responsibility for relations with south—east asia. he's also a former ambassador to indonesia and myanmar and a fellow at stanford university in california. he told me that it's unclear where things will go next. it's very hard to predict what's going to happen. but voters clearly voted for change after nine years of military and military—backed rule. but the establishment elite, including the military, views the two largest opposition parties, which did really well, as threats. so as you just heard, it will be surprising if it's
and so it's certainly possible that that establishment elite, which controls the 250 vote senate, will either use the votes in the senate or its control over the constitutional court to make it difficult, if not to prevent the reform minded parties from establishing a government. as you said, the new parties are seen by the military as a threat. but what do we know about them? as you said, they've done really well in this election, but they are untested as a government, aren't they? well, yes and no. i mean, the move forward party, which won the most seats and is a quite new party, is untested in government. it also did quite well — its predecessor, i should say, did quite well in the previous elections. and its challenge is that it's calling for institutional reform, including of the military and potentially the highly sensitive issue of reform of the monarchy.
it will be surprising if it's straightforward. indeed, for viewers who may not be so familiar with the situation in thailand, can you explain why the military is so powerful there? well, the military has been powerful ever since 1932 when a coup led to a constitutional monarchy. military and the bureaucracy, the monarchy together have always wielded a lot of power and have staged the military staged more than 30 coups, including most recently in 2014. the two opposition parties that did really well, the move forward party and the political party are both seen as threats not only to the military but to the broader establishment elite. and so it's certainly possible that that establishment elite, which controls the 250 vote senate, will either use the votes in the senate or its control over the constitutional court to make it difficult, if not to prevent
to see whether they get the government that so many voted for, or whether they end up with something else. jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. scot marciel is a former senior official in the us department of state, with responsibility for relations with southeast asia. he's also a former ambassador to indonesia and myanmar and a fellow at stanford university in california. he told me that it's unclear where things will go next it's very hard to predict what's going to happen. voters clearly voted for change after nine years of military and military backed rule. but the establishment elite, including the military, views the two largest opposition parties, which did really well as threats. so as you just heard,
trump to take a swing politically at him this weekend. this is significant. we know the numbers at cpac are down. we can assess whether or not that is enough to suggest the party is going in a different direction. i would say let's not underestimate donald trump and the maga cpac crowd we under estimated in 2016. since his election, he has not had a platform like this. this is his home crowd, and remarkably, ron desantis and mike pence this weekend are having cocktails with the very establishment, club for growth, donor clash republican elite. they were not established 20 years ago, they are now. that is the heart beat of the donald trump maga cpac movement to go right at the establishment elite, and say, look, you country club republicans, ron desantis who just got endorsed by jeb bush. donald trump, i represent the
nazi or is he a nazi. they think you are stupid. >> the party the republican party has is they got really stupid people that vote in their primaries. and when you have that, you are going to get in really stupid people demand to have really stupid leaders. that's the way the republican party is now. >> pete: it's depressing. do you see the pattern here? conservatives are dumb, deplorable, nazi wannabes, smelly walmart people and getting in the way of the establishment elite's plans both democrats and republicans establishment elites. i don't know about you. but i'm tired of being looked at with contempt. we all are. we are tired of watching our fellow americans get screwed by a system that arbitrarily chooses winners and losers. tired of a justice system that handles hunter biden with kid gloves but commits smash and grabs mar-a-lago. tired of a government that won't spend a dime on a border wall but spends 500 large -- 500,000 on a security fence around joe biden's beach house.
democrat, on the outside of the democrat machine and in your day and age it wasn't that long ago by the way was it 1 to 18 months ago. you were labeled a russian asset slur invogue domestic terrorist. tulsi, do you see the same motives behind these accusations? >> yeah, this rely comes down to the reality, will, that the american people are facing some incredibly serious challenges and really what we need right now are competent and caring leaders who put the interest of the people and our country above all else. but that's not what we have. this is a bigger problem than democrats or republicans. this is about the establishment elite trying to hold on to their power and continue to increase it. and the mainstream media is a powerful arm of that establishment elite. and it comes down to this. you're either with them, agreeing with them. supporting them. carrying the water for them. or you are not. you are either part of their